Tim Seifert and Ryan Schlemmer had a great time teaching STEM students the latest in 3D Printing technologies at Holy Cross Academy at St. Barbara Campus's Open House last night. STEM is a curriculum based on the idea of educating students in four specific disciplines – Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics – to create our future innovators and pioneers.

Seifert Technologies employees, along with Mazzella Lifting Technologies, worked with TimkenSteel on several designs for an Elongator Lifting Device at TimkenSteel's Gambrinus plant. The new system limited contact between workers and the equipment as the elongator was moved, improving safety and increasing production speed.

With aging populations, advances in medical technology and the growing importance of ‘e-health’, software vendors are focusing more attention than ever on the health market. But with so many newcomers, how can you know you’re choosing the right software provider?

Handwriting is in decline as students increasingly use digital forms of writing throughout their lives – from their personal communications through to their essays. Does this mean learning to touch-type is now a vital skill? Perhaps not – there’s researching suggestion that knowing how to touch-type doesn’t necessarily make you a faster or more accurate typist.